By I, KNA
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has been challenged to take the ongoing voter registration exercise to the grassroots, in a bid to reach more Kenyans.
Speaking during Mazingira Day celebrations at Kabuyefwe Comprehensive School in Trans Nzoia, Kenya Bureau of Standards Chairperson, Chris Wanjala, challenged the Commission to ensure no individual in possession of a valid Kenya National Identification Card is left out of the voter registration exercise.
The call comes days after the electoral body having rolled-out mass voter listing exercise across the country, excluding areas scheduled to witness by-elections.
” People are always busy in farms and doing other activities to earn a living. Asking them to go to their respective Constituency Headquarters to register is a tall order for them. I want to challenge IEBC to consider taking the ongoing voter registration exercise to Sub-locations and even villages,” said Wanjala
He said if this was done, it would help address the slow voter registration apathy being witnessed in most parts of the country.
Kenya’s Permanent Representative to UN Habitat, Susan Nakhumicha, legislators Robert Pukose (Endebess), Ferdinand Wanyonyi (Kwanza) and Maurice Kakai Bisau (Kiminini), echoed similar sentiments, while calling on Kenyans to unite behind their elected leaders, in a bid to take development of the country to another level.
Bisau specifically urged the youth to turn-up to be counted by registering as voters, so that they are not left out of the 2027 election exercise.
The Kwanza MP rallied Trans Nzoia residents to support President Dr. William Ruto, as he steers the country’s development agenda, saying time for politics will come.
” Let’s also support our elected leaders to deliver on their election mandate. We still have time before the general elections,” he said.
The function was presided over by the Environment, Climate Change and Forestry CS Dr. Deborah Barasa.
